1990-2010 events

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    1990-2010 events

  • gulf war

    the gulf war was a that was fought between 39 countries that had arms conflict with Iraqi. during the gulf war there was two phases of the war, one of the phases was called operation desert storm which was a full on an attack on Iraqi and to destroy any aircraft and anti-aircraft infrastructures. less than 200,000 have died during the war and over 600,000 American troops were deployed.
  • the end of the cold war

    the end of the cold war was in 1991, during that time the USSR was starting to dissolve, and the United States was going the powerhouse of the world with far more technology advantaged. some people say that the real end of the cold war was when they knocked down the berlin wall in 1989.
  • bomb explosion

    in 1993 there was a bomb explosion underneath the world trade center in the parking garage in the north tower. It was an act of Terrorist. the bomb was made of nitrate- hydrogen gas and it weighted roughly 606kg which in pounds in a little more than 1000lbs. 6 people were killed and thousand of people were injured that day
  • Clinton-Lewinsky scandal

    In 1998 Clinton was accused of having affair with Lewinsky. during those time Monica Lewinsky was an intern at the age of 22-years old. which lead Clinton to an impeachment trial but later acquitted from the charges.
  • columbine high school

    in 1999 two student Eric and Dylan opened fire on their fellow classmates and ended up killing 12 and a teacher and wounding 24 others, but after they did all that they went to the library and committed suicide together. the reasoning behind its because they were a miss treated by their fellow student.
  • USS Cole

    in 2000 the USS Cole was bombed by a suicide attempt and killing 17 service members and injuring 39 members. the bombing as an act of terrorist my al Qaeda, in 2003 it was sent out for her first deployment in Iraqi.
  • 9/11

    in 2001 new york faced a deadly attack that was performed by Al Qaeda. 19 terrorists took over 4 airplanes 2 of those planes hit the world center. North and south were hit. later the pentagon was by 3 plane and the 4 plane never hit anything it crashed on an open field. but that day New York suffered a tragic loss of NYPD and NYFD service members and regular people. 3000 souls were lost that day.
  • operation enduring freedom

    in 2001 the United States of America invaded Afghanistan. in the response of 9/11. president Bush ordered airstrikes on Al Qaeda and the Taliban's to defeat the terror that is going on in the world with terrorist.
  • homeland security

    in 2002 homeland security was developed. in the response of 9/11 to ensure that public was safe from any terrorist attacks or cyber-attacks and etc. and it created 240,000 job openings.
  • Saddam Hussein

    in 2003 the U.S. captured Sadam Hussein. The U.S. called it operation Red Dawn and they named Saddam wolverine 1 and there was another called wolverine 2 for the 2 locations that Saddam could have been hiding there, this was the largest manhunt in history.